Tampa Bay Buccaneers Top Producers in 2024: Offense

2024 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went 10-7 in the regular season and won the NFC South before losing at home to the Washington Commanders in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. It was a team-record fourth consecutive division title, giving the New Orleans Saints (2017–20) the longest run since the creation of the NFC South in 2002. The Buccaneers also reached the playoffs for a fifth straight season, the only season in a row. NFC team to do so over the last five years.

Tampa Bay’s offense improved significantly from the previous year. After finishing 23rd in yards per carry. match and 20th place in points per game in 2023, the Buccaneers climbed all the way to third in yards (399.6) and fourth in points (29.5) in 2024. Baker Mayfield followed up his resurgent 2023 campaign with one of the best seasons ever for a Buccaneers quarterback and top five NFL rankings in most cases categories. However, the biggest improvement for the Bucs came on the ground; after finishing dead last in both yards per game and yards per carry in each of the previous two seasons, the Buccaneers ranked fourth (149.2) and third (5.25) in those two categories, respectively, and set franchise single-season records for rushing yards and average per carry. transportation.

Many different players contributed to these expansive numbers. Here’s a look at the Bucs’ top producers in a number of offensive categories:

Points scored: K Chase McLaughlin, 144

McLaughlin quietly broke the Bucs’ all-time single-season scoring record, surpassing kicker Ryan Succop’s 136 points in 2020. Since Martin Gramatica scored what was then a team-high 126 points in the 2000 season, that standard has since been broken four times, but McLaughlin’s eight-point margin over the previous record was the largest of those four instances.

McLaughlin’s highlight reel was the result of an overall high-powered offense plus his own deadly accuracy. He had 56 extra point attempts, just three shy of the team record, and made 54 of them. He also went 30 of 32 on field goal attempts, breaking his own Bucs record for success rate of 93.8%.

McLaughlin’s 144 points were fourth in the NFL in 2024, trailing only Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell (158), Dallas’ Brandon Aubrey (150) and LA Chargers’ Cameron Dicker (150). McLaughlin’s field goal percentage was third in the league behind the Titans’ Nick Folk (95.5%) and the Packers’ Brandon McManus (95.2%). Both numbers were new career highs for McLaughlin.

Touchdowns: WR Mike Evans, 11

For the sixth time in his 11 NFL seasons, Evans hit double figures in touchdown catches, including five of the last six campaigns, which also made him the 2024 team leader in total trips to the end zone. He is now tied for sixth in league history in seasons with 10-plus touchdown catches, trailing only four Pro Football Hall of Famers: Randy Moss (9), Jerry Rice (9), Marvin Harrison (6) and Terrell Owens (8) . In terms of total touchdowns, Evans finished 17th in the NFL in 2024.

Overall, the Buccaneers had four players score eight or more touchdowns, with running back Rachaad White finding paydirt nine times and the rookie duo of running back Bucky Irving and wide receiver Jalen McMillan tallying eight scores each. Tampa Bay and Detroit were the only teams in the NFL to have four different eight-touchdown scorers in 2024.

Yards from Scrimmage: RB Bucky Irving, 1,514

Irving combined for 1,122 rushing yards with another 392 yards on 47 catches to produce the eighth-highest yards-from-scrimmage total in franchise history. It was the second-highest mark in franchise history by a rookie, trailing only Doug Martin’s 1,926 in 2012.

Irving ranked 10th in the NFL among all players in yards from scrimmage in 2024, and first among rookies.

Rushing Yards: Irving, 1,122

Irving became the fifth rookie in Bucs history to record a 1,000-yard rushing season, and the first since Martin in 2012. Irving’s total ranked third on the list of five, behind Martin (1,454) and Cadillac Williams in 2005 (1,178) and ahead of Errict Rhett in 1994 (1,011) and LeGarrette Blount in 2010 (1,007).

Irving also led all NFL rookies in rushing yards in 2024, well ahead of the Commanders’ Jayden Daniels (891) Giants’ Tyrone Tracy (839) in second place. The Bucs’ new young star finished 10th in rushing yards among all NFL players.